Between Gwyneth Paltrow‘s pink Ralph Lauren ball gown, Julia Roberts‘ black-and-white Valentino, Charlize Theron‘s glittering Gucci and basically every dress Zendaya ever put on, who’s to say if Academy Awards fashion has changed us for the better, but we’ve certainly been changed for good.
Which is why there’s no place like the red carpet March 2 as the stars turned out for the 2025 Oscars—where Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Mikey Madison (Anora), Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) and Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) were the big acting winners.
Ariana Grande first teased her sure-to-be-popular look to E! News at the Feb. 9 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
“I’m very excited about it,” the Wicked star, nominated for best actress in a supporting role alongside Saldaña, A Complete Unknown‘s Monica Barbaro, The Brutalist‘s Felicity Jones and Conclave‘s Isabella Rossellini told E!, “and I’m really looking forward to wearing it.”
Of course, she knows all about making an entrance, floating down the carpet at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre in a Schiaparelli ballgown covered in 190,000 crystal sequins and rhinestones.
“The fit on this bodice, that is almost impossible to do,” designer Christian Siriano declared on Live From E!: The Oscars. “It’s stunning, incredible. And I love that it’s really not pink. It’s kind of icy blush, almost ivory tone.”
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